Accidents
Officers of the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department recently investigated the following accidents:

Sunday, Jan. 27, 9:46 p.m. North SR 15, Leesburg. Driver: Johnathan P. Sumpter, 23, West Emeline Street, Milford. Sumpter lost control of his vehicle on the icy road and slid into a ditch and into a field. Damages: up to $2,500

Sunday, Jan. 27, 6:34 p.m. East 900 South, Claypool. Driver: Jeffrey C. Weirick, 54, South 100 East, Claypool. Weirick lost control of his vehicle on the icy road. He was also tested at the scene and booked for OWI. Damages: up to $10,000

Friday, Jan. 25, 9:48 p.m. North 150 West, Warsaw. Driver: Amber K. Wood, 18, William Drive, Goshen. Driver lost control of the vehicle, left the road and the vehicle overturned. Damages: up to $10,000

Friday, Jan. 25, 5:32 p.m. West 950 South and South SR 19, Akron. Driver: Matthew E. Fraser, 44, West 950 South, Akron. Fraser lost control of his vehicle on icy roads and struck a utility pole. Damages: up to $10,000

Friday, Jan. 25, 9:28 a.m. East 450 North, Warsaw. Driver: German J. Herrera, South Lake Street, Warsaw. Herrera lost control of his vehicle on the snow-covered road, drove into a yard and struck a tree. A passenger in the vehicle, Juan Reyes Alonso, 33, Kincaide Street, Warsaw, complained of neck and rib pain but refused medical treatment. Damages: up to $5,000

Friday, Jan. 25, 9:13 a.m. East 200 North, Warsaw. Driver: Teri J. Smith, 48, Winona Avenue, Warsaw. Smith lost control of her vehicle on the snow-covered road, slid off the road and struck a fence. Damages: up to $5,000

Friday, Jan. 25, 8:42 a.m. South SR 25, Warsaw. Driver: Marissa A. Martin, 22, East Walnut Street, Akron. Martin lost control of her vehicle on the snow-covered road and slid into a patch of trees. Damages: up to $2,500

Friday, Jan. 25, 4:48 a.m. North SR 13 and East 350 North, North Webster. Driver: Joshua R. Keel, 31, West SR 14, South Whitley. Keel swerved to miss a deer and struck a steel beam being used as a fence post. The vehicle then traveled across a driveway and came to rest on an embankment. Damages: up to $10,000